# قدرت
## Arabic
### Verb

قدرت (form I)
* قَدَرْتُ (qadartu) /qa.dar.tu/: first-person singular past active of قَدَرَ (qadara)
* قَدَرْتَ (qadarta) /qa.dar.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of قَدَرَ (qadara)
* قَدَرْتِ (qadarti) /qa.dar.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of قَدَرَ (qadara)
* قَدَرَتْ (qadarat) /qa.da.rat/: third-person feminine singular past active of قَدَرَ (qadara)
* قَدِرْتُ (qadirtu) /qa.dir.tu/: first-person singular past active of قَدِرَ (qadira)
* قَدِرْتَ (qadirta) /qa.dir.ta/: second-person masculine singular past active of قَدِرَ (qadira)
* قَدِرْتِ (qadirti) /qa.dir.ti/: second-person feminine singular past active of قَدِرَ (qadira)
* قَدِرَتْ (qadirat) /qa.di.rat/: third-person feminine singular past active of قَدِرَ (qadira)

## Ottoman Turkish
### Etymology

From Arabic قُدْرَة (qudra), verbal noun of قَدَرَ (qadara, “to have power over; to be able to”).

### Noun

قدرت • (kudret)
* power, might, strength

#### Derived terms

* قدرتلو (kudretli)

#### Related terms

* قدر

#### Descendants

* Turkish: kudret

### References

* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “kudret”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “قدرت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1439

## Pashto
### Etymology

From Arabic قُدْرَة (qudra).

### Noun

قدرت • (ḳudrát) m
* power, force, might

### References

* “قدرت”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
* Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009) “قدرت”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قُدْرَة (qudra).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [quð.ˈɾat]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qʊd̪.ɾǽt̪]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [qʊd̪.ɾǽt̪]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [qʊd̪.ɾǽt̪]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [qud̪.ɾǽt̪]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [qod̪.ɹǽt̪]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [qud̪.ɾǽt̪]
* (Iran) IPA: [ɢod̪ˈɾæt̪ʰ]

### Noun

| Dari | قدرت |
| Iranian Persian | قدرت |
| Tajik | қудрат |
قدرت • (qodrat)
* power
    قدرت‌های جهانی ― qodrat-hâ-ye jahâni ― world powers
* ability
* strength
* potency

#### Derived terms

* قدرتی (qodrati)
* قدرتمند (qodratmand)
* ابرقدرت (abarqodrat, “superpower”)

#### Descendants

* → Gujarati: કુદરત (kudrat)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੁਦਰਤ (kudrat)
    Shahmukhi script: قدرت (qudrat)

## Urdu
### Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قُدْرَت (qudrat), borrowed from Arabic قُدْرَة (qudra), from قَدَرَ (qadara). First attested in c. 1421 as Middle Hindi قدرت (qdrt /⁠qudrat⁠/).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Urdu) IPA: /qʊd̪.ɾət̪/
* Rhymes: -ət̪
* Hyphenation: قُد‧رَت

### Noun

قُدْرَت • (qudrat) f (Hindi spelling क़ुदरत)
* nature
* destiny, providence
* power, force, potency
* (by extension, religion) divine power
* command (ie. authority, control)
* courage

#### Declension

Declension of قدرت :
| | singular | plural |
| direct | قُدْرَت (qudrat) | قُدْرَتیں (qudratẽ) |
| oblique | قُدْرَت (qudrat) | قُدْرَتوں (qudratõ) |
| vocative | قُدْرَت (qudrat) | قُدْرَتو (qudrato) |

### References

* ↑ “قدرت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

### Further reading

* “قدرت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
* Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “قدرت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]